United States of America v. State of California et al

Filing 47

MOTION for LEAVE to FILE AMICI CURIAE BRIEF in Support of Plaintiff by National Sheriffs' Association, Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, Fight Sanctuary State. Attorney Axelrod, Julie Beth added. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Amicus Brief)(Axelrod, Julie) Modified on 4/6/2018 (Mena-Sanchez, L).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Julie B. Axelrod California Bar No. 250165 Christopher J. Hajec Mark S. Venezia Immigration Reform Law Institute 25 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 335 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-5590 (Tel) (202) 464-3590 (Fax) jaxelrod@irli.org chajec@irli.org mvenezia@irli.org Counsel for Prospective Amici Curiae National Sheriffs’ Association, Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, and Fight Sanctuary State 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 13 14 15 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 16 17 18 19 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 20 21 ______________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN MOTION OF NATIONAL SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICI CURIAE BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez NO HEARING NOTICED 22 23 24 25 Prospective amici curiae National Sheriffs’ Association, Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, and Fight Sanctuary State respectfully move this Court for an Order to grant them leave to file an amici curiae brief in this action. A proposed Order is attached. 26 27 28 1 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF NATIONAL SHERRIFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 1 INTEREST AND IDENTITY OF AMICUS CURIAE 2 The National Sheriffs’ Association (“NSA”) is a professional association that represents 3 thousands of sheriffs, deputies, other law enforcement officials, public safety professionals, and 4 concerned citizens nationwide. In keeping with its mission to support law enforcement officers 5 6 7 and law enforcement, NSA supports the enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, which both California Assembly Bill 450 (“AB 450”) and Senate Bill 54 (“SB 54”) frustrate. Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime (“AVIAC”) is an advocacy organization 8 9 founded and led by individuals, including Californians, who have lost family members because 10 of crimes committed by illegal aliens. AVIAC’s mission is to be both a source of support for 11 such victims across the country and an advocate for policies that will enforce the nation’s 12 immigration laws and prevent government actors from sheltering illegal aliens, particularly 13 criminal aliens, from deportation. AVIAC therefore takes an interest in the case at bar, which 14 seeks to overturn AB 450 and SB 54, both of which frustrate the enforcement of immigration 15 laws. 16 Fight Sanctuary State (“FSS”) is a California-based advocacy organization also founded 17 and led by individuals who have lost family members because of illegal alien crime. FSS is 18 dedicated specifically to working to overturn or repeal laws in the state of California, such as AB 19 450 and SB 54, that protect illegal aliens, including criminal aliens, from law enforcement. 20 21 22 23 24 25 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT None of these prospective amici curiae has a parent company, and none issues stock. ARGUMENT NSA, AVIAC, and FSS submit this amici curiae brief to assist this Court in understanding how, in numerous ways in addition to those identified in plaintiff’s brief in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction, provisions of California’s law challenged in 26 this action violate both the U.S. Constitution and federal statutory law. 27 Proposed amici curiae make several arguments that plaintiffs make either glancingly or 28 2 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF NATIONAL SHERRIFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 1 not at all: 1) that the challenged provisions of SB 54 and AB 450 not only are preempted because 2 they stand as obstacles to congressional purposes behind federal immigration law, but that the 3 challenged provisions of SB 54 violate the Supremacy Clause directly, by mandating that local 4 officials attempt to block federal officers from performing their duty to enforce federal law; 2) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 that the challenged provisions of SB 54 and AB 450 are not exercises of powers reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment; 3) that, in the challenged provisions of SB 54, California has impermissibly enacted its own foreign policy; 4) that the challenged provisions of SB 54 compel local law enforcement to commit harboring, in violation of federal statutory law; and 5) that the challenged provisions of AB 450 violate the petitioning rights of employers. The parties have consented to the filing of this amici curiae brief. No counsel for a party 12 authored this brief in whole or in part and no person or entity, other than amici curiae, their 13 members, or their counsel, has contributed money that was intended to fund preparing or 14 submitting the brief. CONCLUSION 15 16 17 18 19 For the foregoing reasons, the instant motion for leave to file an amici curiae brief should be granted. Dated: April 6, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 27 /s/ Julie B. Axelrod Julie B. Axelrod California Bar No. 250165 Christopher J. Hajec Mark S. Venezia IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW INSTITUTE 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 335 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-5590 jaxelrod@irli.org chajec@irli.org mvenezia@irli.org 28 Attorneys for Amici Curiae 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 3 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF NATIONAL SHERRIFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 2 3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. 6 7 8 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. ______________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN [PROPOSED] ORDER Honorable John A. Mendez 9 10 It is hereby ORDERED that the Motion for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief of 11 prospective amici curiae National Sheriffs’ Association, Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien 12 Crime, and Fight Sanctuary State is GRANTED; and that the Clerk is ordered to file the amici 13 curiae brief that accompanied the motion on the docket. IT IS SO ORDERED this 14 ______________________. 15 16 17 U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF NATIONAL SHERRIFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on April 6, 2018, I electronically filed the foregoing motion for leave 3 to file and proposed order, together with the accompanying amici curiae brief, with the Clerk of 4 the Court for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Participants 5 6 7 in the case who are registered CM/ECF users will be served by the CM/ECF system. Parties may access this filing through the Court’s CM/ECF System. 8 9 /s/ Julie B. Axelrod Julie B. Axelrod 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF NATIONAL SHERRIFS’ ASSOCIATION AND VICTIMS’ ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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